Building a High Performing Impact Center of Excellence (COE) in Microsoft Fabric
summary
Covers a practical 12-step roadmap from Microsoft and a recommended 6–12 week phased rollout with a baseline 10-question assessment and measurable skilling across six verticals. Specifies tools: Data Factory + Synapse (data engineering, warehouse, data science) + Power BI + Data Activator + OneLake, plus on‑prem gateway, domains and workspace planning; CI/CD is previewed. Recommends community of practice cadence (twice monthly for large orgs), governance templates, and an anecdote where onboarding a lone 40-person outlier into the COE restores knowledge sharing and succeeds.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Fabric COE introduction
- 1:10Understanding Center of Excellence basics
- 5:28COE team responsibilities
- 9:04Microsoft Fabric explained
- 11:13Start first COE team
- 14:48Fabric adoption roadmap
- 18:01Twelve steps to COE
- 25:49Align business needs
- 30:25COE roles defined
- 31:30Fabric governance
- 33:55Mentoring users
- 35:00Community meetings
- 38:14User support
- 39:39System oversight
- 40:23Change management
- 42:29Fabric infrastructure
- 44:39COE implementation summary
- 46:46Fabric best practices Q&A
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